Kirtland's Got Talent

58 SOW gains new commander

Col. Vincent Becklund assumed command of the 58th Special Operations Wing during a change of command ceremony July 26.Becklund previously served as the commander of the Aviation Tactics Evaluation Group, United States Special Operations Command, at Fort Bragg, N.C.As the AVTEG commander, he planned,

Researching mountain lions

Beginning in late summer 2010, the Kirtland Air Force Base Natural Resource Program initiated a mountain lion project in the 22,000-acre Forest Service withdrawn area on the east side of the base. The project involves locating, capturing/snaring and placing GPS collars on the mountain lions. A

AFRL scientist recognized by White House

The White House announced Monday an Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate scientist has received a Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. Each year, the Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President presents the PECASE

My job is prosecuting sexual assault

Here's a simple truth...sexual offenders reject our core values of integrity, service and excellence, in favor of following their own base, undisciplined, criminal desires. Most sexual assaults committed by Airmen are "blue on blue," or Airmen victimizing other Airmen. So in addition to rejecting

58th Special Operations Wing change of command

Col. Vincent Becklund will assume command of the 58th Special Operations Wing during a change of command ceremony here at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 26.Becklund previously served as the commander of the Aviation Tactics Evaluation Group, United States Special Operations Command, at Fort Bragg, N.C. As

Class 12-5 graduates from Airman Leadership School

The following senior airmen graduated June 21 from the Kirtland Air Force Base Airman Leadership School Class 12-5: Mitchell Bleil, 190th Civil Engineer Squadron, Kansas Air National Guard, Academic Achievement recipient Andrew Brodeur, 377th Weapons System Security Squadron Truth Clark

AFRL experiment will create artificial ionosphere

On successive days in September, a pair of two-stage sounding rockets will lift off from the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, with each launch vehicle carrying a canister of samarium powder to its appointed trajectory

Drop the phone and buckle up

In recent months, there has been a significant increase in the number of people not wearing seat belts while driving on Kirtland Air Force Base. Research has shown when lap and shoulder seat belts are used properly, the risk of fatal injury to front seat passengers is reduced by 45 percent and the

377 MSG gains new commander